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Azerbaijan has repeatedly stated that after Armenian troops withdraw from the occupied Azerbaijani territories, Armenia will be able to benefit from regional integration opportunities, Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, told Trend.

The Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations, held with the assistance of international mediators, to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have been held for over two decades, alas, no serious result has been achieved so far.

The multifaceted activity of Azerbaijan’s First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva shows how she cares for her country and her people, Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri told Trend Aug.26.

It will be very difficult for OPEC to maintain compliance with their production cut agreements unless prices begin to improve soon, believes Arthur Berman, an independent US geological consultant, according to Trend.

The fact that Moscow supplies Baku with the newest types of its weapons, strengthening Azerbaijani defense, is an important moment in the military-technical cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan, Arzu Nagiyev, political expert, deputy director general of Trend Agency, said in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza.

The parliamentary elections of April 2 in Armenia are tarnished by many cases of vote buying and interference in the election process, Peter Tase, political analyst and international relations expert with the Marquette University, told Trend.

The appeal of the Russian Ministry of Justice to the country’s Supreme Court regarding the All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress is unlikely to be of a political nature, Nikita Isaev, leader of the New Russia public and political movement, told Trend Apr. 1.

EU membership has been highly effective for the Irish economy and the access to the EU Single Marker and the Customs Union is vital for the country, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said, Sputnik reported.

The US is not applying the same rules and actions to all the states in the world equally when it comes to the international law, Kamal Makili-Aliyev, an independent analyst, wrote in his article for the Modern Diplomacy, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan did a great job in expanding its presence and role in many international organizations in 2016, Peter Tase, political analyst and international relations expert with the Marquette University, told Trend via email Dec. 23.

The joint Russian and Armenian military forces will boost Armenia’s defense capability and this country’s armed forces will gain access to Russian resources, Russian political analyst Oleg Kuznetsov said in his article on Azerbaijan’s Vesti News Agency.

The US is likely to maintain its South Caucasus strategy by working with Russia and Turkey to further resolve issues in the region, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in particular, Theodore Karasik, senior advisor at Gulf State Analytics, told Trend Nov. 11.

Large-scale military exercises, which are to be held on Nov. 12 by Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces, are a serious signal for Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s regime, Azerbaijani expert Emil Huseynli told Trend Nov. 4.

It is in Turkey’s national interest not to sign any pipeline gas agreement with any country unless the new contracts are aligned with the changing dynamics in the gas markets, Director of Hydrocarbons, France, Mediterranean Energy Observatory (OME), Sohbet Karbuz told Trend Oct.14.